Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Searching for answers in a mass grave in Eastern Ukraine; the death of four boys in Gaza is not just a tragic mistake; and the rape of a young girl signals a step back for the rights of women in Afghanistan  - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary. You can find all our Dispatches here.

Dispatches: Mass Grave Found in Eastern Ukraine

Yulia Gorbunova
Today, Ukrainian authorities exhumed a mass grave in Sloviansk, in eastern Ukraine. By the time I left the site, they had discovered eight decomposed bodies and they were still searching for more...

Dispatches: Explaining Four Dead Boys on a Gaza Beach

Bill Van Esveld
The Israel Defense Force has an answer to the shelling [last week] that killed four children near the Gaza City port...

Dispatches: Afghanistan Child Rape Sounds Grim Warning on Rights

Phelim Kine
The alleged rape of a 10-year-old Afghan girl by a mullah in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, provides grim foreshadowing of the fragility of hard-won rights for women and girls in Afghanistan...

Dispatches: Urgent Need for Ukraine Crash Site Access

Rachel Denber
Was MH 17 brought down by a missile fired by anti-Kiev insurgents or by some other cause? That  question is best answered by an independent expert investigation...

Dispatches: The Death of Jonas Kayoungu

Lewis Mudge
We found the old man’s body just off the road. My sharp-eyed driver had spotted it in the shadows.  Unsure whether he was alive or dead, we stopped to check...